The election of New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte means 13 women will serve as a state's chief executive next year .

18 states have never had a woman in the governor’s office.

Experts say women confront perceptions more acutely in executive races than in state legislatures.

More inroads or setbacks could come in 2026 when 36 states elect governors.

First World War airmen from New Brunswick were pioneers of air warfare.

They flew not just on the Western Front in France and Belgium , but also around the Mediterranean and in Italy , Russia , Macedonia , Egypt and Palestine .

About 22,000 Canadians served in the British air services during the war.

Wilson said New Brunswickers were a minority among the airmen, but they made an outsized contribution.

He said they were pioneers in this new form of warfare, and it had made very strong advances.

Wilson: By the end of the war, aircraft and the role of the air forces had advanced.

Professor Ruth Itzhaki is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing .

Her research topics have been diverse, most recently Alzheimer’s disease, especially, the role of viruses acting with a genetic factor in dementia.

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Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. He was born in Caldwell , New Jersey , about 20 miles outside of New York City .

Cleveland was drafted by Democratic party bosses to run for president in 1885 .

He was seen as principled and ethical, but didn't make headlines.

Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights.

More than 200 Chinese Canadians volunteered to fight in the First World War , while more than 600 served in the Second World War .

Among the troops being honoured are those who fought as part of Force 136 , a group of Chinese Canadians who conducted perilous special operations behind enemy lines.

The first Women's March was held the day after President-elect Trump 's inauguration.

It's considered to be the U.S. ' biggest-ever single-day demonstration.

There will also be a "People's March on Washington " on Jan. 18 , the Saturday before Trump 's second inauguration.

Researchers attached tiny “backpack” trackers to hummingbirds in the Colombian Andes to learn more about their movements.

Previously, it was impossible to collect movement data for hummingbirds and other small animals in the region.

The tracking system will aid conservation efforts in this region by revealing the previously hidden movements of hummingbirds.

The research was funded by the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council , the National Science Foundation , the Rufford Foundation and the University of Aberdeen .

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Pelosi said the Supreme Court has been an "embarrassed" to have immunity for any former president.

She also suggested that other candidates might have emerged had President Joe Biden withdrawn from the race earlier.

Pelosi also said that Vice President Kamala Harris "may have, I think she would have done well in that".

Kristie Metcalfe was the first attorney of color the Mississippi State Senate had hired in more than three decades .

She was consistently paid $40,000 to $60,000 less than the lowest-salaried white attorney.

Prosecutors allege the state Senate violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , a federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in compensation and other forms of employment discrimination.

Taliban official mocks U.S. reluctance to elect a female leader as president.

Inamullah Samangani , head of the information and culture department in Kandahar , said the country was "not ready" for a woman in power.

The Taliban 's comments about women have long sparked widespread criticism from women's rights advocates.